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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JAMES B. CRANE, of Dalton, in the county ofBerkshire, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new anduseful Covering for Bottles, Steam Pipes, &c.; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full and exact description thereof.

My invention consists in the application of a substance commonly knownas paper pulp to different articles as a covering, thereby accomplishingresults heretofore obtained by the use of various substances in a muchmore difiicult and expensive manner. I

The material consists of vegetable fibres beaten and ground, andsaturated with wateruntil the mass becomes pulp, after which it isusually spread out bymachinery into thin sheets forming paper, but formy purpose it is taken in its pnlpy state or in sheets of pulp andspread upon the surface to becovered to any desirable thickness. Afterbeing so spread, as it dries thereon, it has a tendency to shrink orcontract, and thus is fastened closely around the article it covers andadds strength thereto, which is particularly useful in articles formedof glass, such as bottles, jars, demijohns, &c., and forms a cheap anddurable substitute for the cases of wicker work, leather, 830.,heretofore used, and affording equal protection against accident by itsstrengthening and resisting qualities. Another quality of this substanceis. that when placed around anything, it forms an air-tight covering,rendering it useful in settling bottles, &c., and also in preservingfruits or meat, for if a coating of this substance be laid on ripe orunripe fruits, so as to envelope the same, they may be kept in the samecondition for a great length of time. In the preservation of eggs thisqual' y, combined with its protective qualities, renders a coating ofthis substance extremely usefulfor preserving and preventing breakage.Another quality of this substance is, that it is a non-conductor ofheat, and as an envelope for steam pipes and similar situations it isvery useful preventing heat from escaping, and thus, also, preventingcondensation of the steam contained in the pipes, and forming a cheapand durable covering easily put on and having great advantages over themode of winding thesepipes with cloth commonly employed. These instanceswill serve to show somewhat the extent to which this substance may beapplied as a covering, and the results accomplished thereby. But I donot wish to confine myself to its application to the articles named;but--- Now, having described my invention, what I do claim as new, anddesire to. secure by Letters Patent, is-

The use of paper pulp for the purpose of obtaining an air-tight,non-conducting, and protective covering,

substantially in the manner set forth.

JAMES B. CRANE Witnesses:

J. B. Gnnmnsn, Eowsun H. Hrns.

